The Goan Beat

10/12/2020

Schools can decide on closure period if COVID cases emerge...

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, on the other hand, stated that the schools should not allow those teachers to come and hold classes, whose family members have tested COVID positive.



https://thegoanbeat.in/schools-can-decide-on-closure-period-if-covid-cases-emerge/

09/12/2020

In a first, GMC harvests organs of brain dead person...
...“History was made at SOTTO Goa, truly a proud moment for the people of the state of Goa,” Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.



https://thegoanbeat.in/in-a-first-gmc-harvests-organs-of-brain-dead-person/

09/12/2020

Big success: Kadio Bodio sold for the first time after getting GI tag
...There are about six stalls selling out the delicious and fresh Kadio Bodio which is being picked up like hot cakes by the passersby. Bhupendra Gaonkar from Chorao, who attends 20-25 fairs across Goa.


https://thegoanbeat.in/big-success%e2%80%88kadio-bodio.../

09/12/2020

Morjim, Mandrem, Agonda and Galjibag to be declared as Silent Zones
..The High Court, in September, last year, directed GCZMA to prepare a management plan for protection of the turtle nesting sites within the next three months.


https://thegoanbeat.in/morjim-mandrem-agonda-and-galjibag-to-be-declared-as-silent-zones/

05/12/2020

President to attend cultural event in Goa on Liberation Day
.. Making the announcement at a press conference after attending a meeting of the state-level monitoring committee held at the secretariat, Sawant said the President will participate in the inaugural function of a cultural programme to be held on December 19, 2020 at the Panaji Gymkhana ground.



https://thegoanbeat.in/president-to-attend-cultural-event-in-goa-on-liberation-day/

05/12/2020

Sanguem police station among 10 best in India
... The list was released in accordance with the Prime Minister’s direction to the Directors General of Police (DGPs) during the 2015 conference in Kutch, Gujarat, to set the parameters for grading the police stations and assessing their performance based on the feedback.



https://thegoanbeat.in/sanguem-police-station-among-10-best-in-india-ranks-5th/

03/12/2020

Goa State Industrial Association too opposes three controversial infra projects
.. “The power line will cut through forestlands. The total present load of the state is about 550 MVA, and therefore there is no justification to get a separate line of 440 KVA,” the GSIA explained.



https://thegoanbeat.in/gsia-too-opposes-three-controversial-infra-projects/

02/12/2020

Govt rolls out OTS scheme for power consumers
...The scheme can be available from December 1 to December 31, 2020, for online registration for the electricity consumers. Consumers can opt for payment in installments from one month to up to six months.



https://thegoanbeat.in/govt-rolls-out-ots-scheme-for-power-consumers/

02/12/2020

Govt invites public inputs on draft State Action Plan for Climate Change
.. “It is also exposed to sea-level rise, storms, high-speed wind, altered runoff, changed wave pattern and sea temperature in addition to the other threats like rainfall and temperature profile changes,”



https://thegoanbeat.in/govt-invites-public-inputs-on-draft-state-action-plan-for-climate-change/

02/12/2020

Wetland tag to 5 Goan lakes!
... If the proposal is approved, Goa will have six sites protected nationally. Bondvoll lake in St Cruz was the first to be declared as a wetland under the central Wetland Rules.


https://thegoanbeat.in/wetland-tag-to-5-lakes-public-suggestions-objections-sought/

30/11/2020

..........“on behalf of the people of Goa, I write to you in anxiety that the future of Old Goa faces the risk of heightened development as a result of administrative policies of the government of Goa. This is a protest we are not willing to give up on, and I urge the international cultural community to stand united with the people of Goa to defend and preserve the future of our history.” - Vijay Sardessai, GFP Chief.

Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai has written to UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) informing of the state government’s decision to include the village of Ella, Old Goa under the Greater Panaji Planning and Development Authority, saying such a move ...

14/10/2020

... but what is Fama of Menino Jesus? Famous feast of scenic Goan village called Colva.

Know more: https://thegoanbeat.in/fama-de-menino-jesus-de-colva/